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Yankees manager defends moving camera aimed at Pineda

BOSTON – Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he's not expecting any sort of fine and has no regrets about forcing an ESPN camera to turn away from starting pitcher Michael Pineda after Pineda was ejected from

BOSTON – New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he's not expecting any sort of fine and has no regrets about forcing an ESPN camera to turn away from starting pitcher Michael Pineda after Pineda was ejected from Wednesday's game at Fenway Park.

"If I'm going to get fined for that, I'll have a real problem with that because I didn't do anything to hurt the camera," Girardi said.

After Pineda was ejected for having pine tar on his neck in the second inning, a mounted and unmanned ESPN camera position on the side of the dugout turned to focus on Pineda speaking to pitching coach Larry Rothschild and trainer Steve Donohue in the tunnel leading to the Yankees clubhouse. Girardi physically twisted the camera away from the scene.

A baseball official said that the league has been clear that mounted dugout cameras are supposed to film only the dugout and the field, but not the clubhouse tunnel, which is considered a team-only area.

"I think MLB's going to have a problem with ESPN going into our tunnel," Girardi said. "I didn't break the camera, all I did was keep it from going into our tunnel. You guys are acting like I ripped it apart. The camera worked the rest of the game, didn't it? All I did was turn it so it was on the field or the dugout."